Knowing Christ is far more personal than organizational. Do huge mega-churches undermine that idea? Jesus told a Samaritan woman that "true worshippers" of God worship in spirit and in truth -- not at any one place, such as a temple or church building. Those are the kind of "worshippers" God is looking for, intimate individual friends rather than a formal crowd going through the religious motions. Jesus said he considered his disciples friends rather than servants, in John 15. Jesus said that where two or three who know Him are together in His name -- He is with them in spirit. Jesus said He knows each of us, individually. (John 10:27)
I have no idea how Jesus knows each of us and keeps track of the millions who know Him. But He does. He is God and has all power in Heaven and earth. Christians who have experienced Christ's presence and Spirit in their lives know that He knows them. "The Spirit bears witness with our spirits that we are the children of God." (Romans 8:14-16)
You can relate to (worship) God in a church assembly, singing in the shower, private mental prayer, or anyway that feels right to you. The formality of church services (and I've been to many churches, conservative to liberal) doesn't do much for me.
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